If God was Jewish and Jesus Was Catholic who made up these other religions?

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there are about 4,000 religions and probably as many deities. Just because we're more familiar with the "big five" doesn't mean the other deities "went away."

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I can’t even read this thread. It will make my blood pressure rise. Looking at this headline, I just thought once again of the sad state of our educational system. Sure! Let’s do STEM everything and forget the rest of the history of civilization. Yeesh.

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Anonymous wrote:God created Earth. He was Jewish.

His son Jesus acted up and sent his 12 Apostles out to start Catholic Church.

But what’s up with all the other religions? Did people just make them up and folks blindly followed?

God wasn't Jewish. He formed a covenant with Abraham and some of his progeny, but lot's of other peoples around at that time had their own gods.
And yes, almost certainly "people [did] just make up [these other religions.]"
Most religions pre-dating Judaism were polytheistic

There is a good argument that Judaism was polytheistic prior to the Babylonian Captivity and the writing of the Torah.

really? I'd like to hear the rationale for that

Here is a basic explanation

https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1097/ancient-israelite--judean-religion/

and here is a more scholarly one

https://books.google.com/books?id=IEYhAwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

From the first link:

"Additionally, attentive readers may notice that there was no discussion of Judaism. Generally speaking, the scholarly consensus is that the religion of Judaism was distinct from ancient Israelite and Judean religion."

That seems to say pretty clearly that Judaism came after the polytheism, not that Judaism was polytheistic.

Jews, like Christians, adopted traditions from older traditions. Calling the Israelites who first practiced those traditions "Jewish" makes about as much sense as calling ancient Roman traditions "Christians" because the people who followed them were the ancestors of Christians, and because some ancient Roman traditions such as decorating with evergreens for winter holidays were later adopted by Christians.

Sure, but that means that a lot of Biblical figures that Jews regard as Jews are not actually Jews. To the extent that there is a way to delineate when the change in Judaism occurred, scholars argue between the Babylonian exile and shortly after the return. If you want to call any thing prior not Judaism, then you are left with the absurdity that the Jewish exile did not involve Jews being exiled, in fact, none of the events that most Jews would say are central to Jewish history prior to monotheism involved Jews. Personally, I view it as a religion evolving. Catholicism is vastly different because it was a religion founded in an outlier province with roots entirely outside of Roman tradition. It incorporated some beliefs, but it is ultimately based on Judaism not the classical Roman pantheon or later Roman versions of monotheism

DP and I agree that Judaism, as we recognize it today, didn't emerge until the Babylonian exile.

There’s Rabbinic and pre-Rabbinic Judaism. Broadly two stages of evolution in my religion.

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Krishna created everyone.

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Anonymous wrote:I can’t even read this thread. It will make my blood pressure rise. Looking at this headline, I just thought once again of the sad state of our educational system. Sure! Let’s do STEM everything and forget the rest of the history of civilization. Yeesh.

There is the Jewish Bible than the Catholic Bible. Pretty much that’s it.

Everything else is voodoo Pagan made up things.

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Anonymous wrote:I can’t even read this thread. It will make my blood pressure rise. Looking at this headline, I just thought once again of the sad state of our educational system. Sure! Let’s do STEM everything and forget the rest of the history of civilization. Yeesh.

There is the Jewish Bible than the Catholic Bible. Pretty much that’s it.

Everything else is voodoo Pagan made up things.

Tell us you're an ignorant troll without telling us you're an ignorant troll. I agree with PP, the OP reminds me of the parlous state of our educational system.

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Anonymous wrote:"The Gods of the nations are demons." Psalm 96:5. Any "god" that isn't the God of Abraham is a demon.

the KJV has it: "“For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.”
Nevertheless, since it was written by David, probably around 1,000 b.c. it does answer part of OP's question. Obviously there were many gods around at the time.

Where did they all go?

Palm Beach?

While your response made me smile (thanks), I was genuinely asking with serious intent.

You can Google this, but Baal is still worshipped in some places.

I didn’t ask where the worshipers went. I asked where the gods went.

??? Baal is a god. As the post indicates, it is still around in some places.

So where is Baal then? The actual Baal.

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Anonymous wrote:"The Gods of the nations are demons." Psalm 96:5. Any "god" that isn't the God of Abraham is a demon.

the KJV has it: "“For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.”
Nevertheless, since it was written by David, probably around 1,000 b.c. it does answer part of OP's question. Obviously there were many gods around at the time.

Where did they all go?

Palm Beach?

While your response made me smile (thanks), I was genuinely asking with serious intent.

You can Google this, but Baal is still worshipped in some places.

I didn’t ask where the worshipers went. I asked where the gods went.

??? Baal is a god. As the post indicates, it is still around in some places.

So where is Baal then? The actual Baal.

? The same place any other deities are

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Anonymous wrote:"The Gods of the nations are demons." Psalm 96:5. Any "god" that isn't the God of Abraham is a demon.

the KJV has it: "“For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.”
Nevertheless, since it was written by David, probably around 1,000 b.c. it does answer part of OP's question. Obviously there were many gods around at the time.

Where did they all go?

Palm Beach?

While your response made me smile (thanks), I was genuinely asking with serious intent.

You can Google this, but Baal is still worshipped in some places.

I didn’t ask where the worshipers went. I asked where the gods went.

??? Baal is a god. As the post indicates, it is still around in some places.

So where is Baal then? The actual Baal.

Where is any deity. The actual deity?

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Anonymous wrote:"The Gods of the nations are demons." Psalm 96:5. Any "god" that isn't the God of Abraham is a demon.

the KJV has it: "“For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.”
Nevertheless, since it was written by David, probably around 1,000 b.c. it does answer part of OP's question. Obviously there were many gods around at the time.

Where did they all go?

Palm Beach?

While your response made me smile (thanks), I was genuinely asking with serious intent.

You can Google this, but Baal is still worshipped in some places.

I didn’t ask where the worshipers went. I asked where the gods went.

??? Baal is a god. As the post indicates, it is still around in some places.

So where is Baal then? The actual Baal.

? The same place any other deities are

I realize people don't usually read the hidden part of the thread when they respond, so no foul called, but the question was in response to this:

the KJV has it: "“For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.”
Nevertheless, since it was written by David, probably around 1,000 b.c. it does answer part of OP's question. Obviously there were many gods around at the time.

There were many gods around at the time. Where did they go? Why aren't they around any more?

Yes I am serious.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:"The Gods of the nations are demons." Psalm 96:5. Any "god" that isn't the God of Abraham is a demon.

the KJV has it: "“For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.”
Nevertheless, since it was written by David, probably around 1,000 b.c. it does answer part of OP's question. Obviously there were many gods around at the time.

Where did they all go?

Palm Beach?

While your response made me smile (thanks), I was genuinely asking with serious intent.

You can Google this, but Baal is still worshipped in some places.

I didn’t ask where the worshipers went. I asked where the gods went.

??? Baal is a god. As the post indicates, it is still around in some places.

So where is Baal then? The actual Baal.

? The same place any other deities are

I realize people don't usually read the hidden part of the thread when they respond, so no foul called, but the question was in response to this:

the KJV has it: "“For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.”
Nevertheless, since it was written by David, probably around 1,000 b.c. it does answer part of OP's question. Obviously there were many gods around at the time.

There were many gods around at the time. Where did they go? Why aren't they around any more?

Yes I am serious.

They probably are. Many religions see their gods as being in nature, not as the anthropomorphic images you are probably thinking of.

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Anonymous wrote:"The Gods of the nations are demons." Psalm 96:5. Any "god" that isn't the God of Abraham is a demon.

the KJV has it: "“For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.”
Nevertheless, since it was written by David, probably around 1,000 b.c. it does answer part of OP's question. Obviously there were many gods around at the time.

Where did they all go?

Palm Beach?

While your response made me smile (thanks), I was genuinely asking with serious intent.

You can Google this, but Baal is still worshipped in some places.

I didn’t ask where the worshipers went. I asked where the gods went.

??? Baal is a god. As the post indicates, it is still around in some places.

So where is Baal then? The actual Baal.

? The same place any other deities are

I realize people don't usually read the hidden part of the thread when they respond, so no foul called, but the question was in response to this:

the KJV has it: "“For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.”
Nevertheless, since it was written by David, probably around 1,000 b.c. it does answer part of OP's question. Obviously there were many gods around at the time.

There were many gods around at the time. Where did they go? Why aren't they around any more?

Yes I am serious.

They probably are. Many religions see their gods as being in nature, not as the anthropomorphic images you are probably thinking of.

Or the gods are up in the heavens.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:"The Gods of the nations are demons." Psalm 96:5. Any "god" that isn't the God of Abraham is a demon.

the KJV has it: "“For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.”
Nevertheless, since it was written by David, probably around 1,000 b.c. it does answer part of OP's question. Obviously there were many gods around at the time.

Where did they all go?

Palm Beach?

While your response made me smile (thanks), I was genuinely asking with serious intent.

You can Google this, but Baal is still worshipped in some places.

I didn’t ask where the worshipers went. I asked where the gods went.

??? Baal is a god. As the post indicates, it is still around in some places.

So where is Baal then? The actual Baal.

? The same place any other deities are

I realize people don't usually read the hidden part of the thread when they respond, so no foul called, but the question was in response to this:

the KJV has it: "“For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.”
Nevertheless, since it was written by David, probably around 1,000 b.c. it does answer part of OP's question. Obviously there were many gods around at the time.

There were many gods around at the time. Where did they go? Why aren't they around any more?

Yes I am serious.

They were edited out of existence, but the editors weren't perfect. You should try reading the Book of J- it puts the Bible in a different perspective

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There is only one God, if there is one. He/She/Them created humans and that was not a wise but fun experiment. Humans created different religions but they all pray same power and want same blessings, just stupid enough to fight over how to do it and whose way is better.

How do you know this?

PP is obviously stating a theory or belief. If you don't get that, you will be nothing but annoying on the religion forum.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"The Gods of the nations are demons." Psalm 96:5. Any "god" that isn't the God of Abraham is a demon.

the KJV has it: "“For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.”
Nevertheless, since it was written by David, probably around 1,000 b.c. it does answer part of OP's question. Obviously there were many gods around at the time.

Where did they all go?

If they were idols, as David wrote, they probably are lost to time or are in museums?